Wednesday, May 20, 2009
THE executive of the Press Association of Jamaica yesterday expressed "grave concerns" about the reporting by Nationwide News Network on Friday, May 15 of the landing of a private aircraft transporting former Prime Minister P J Patterson and executives of telecoms provider, Digicel.
The aircraft landed at Norman Manley International Airport on the previous night.
In a letter yesterday to Nationwide News Network head, Cliff Hughes, the PAJ said it was "alarmed and dismayed that the tenets of journalism were not followed".
Said the PAJ: "The entire embarrassing episode has caused injury to the integrity of the profession of journalism and has cast practitioners in a negative light in the public's view."
The PAJ, at the same time, urged Hughes to "implement and adhere to strict internal measures to prevent a recurrence of these professional breaches".
The PAJ wrote to Hughes after reviewing audio recordings of the reportage on the alleged incident.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...NWIDE_NEWS.asp
THE executive of the Press Association of Jamaica yesterday expressed "grave concerns" about the reporting by Nationwide News Network on Friday, May 15 of the landing of a private aircraft transporting former Prime Minister P J Patterson and executives of telecoms provider, Digicel.
The aircraft landed at Norman Manley International Airport on the previous night.
In a letter yesterday to Nationwide News Network head, Cliff Hughes, the PAJ said it was "alarmed and dismayed that the tenets of journalism were not followed".
Said the PAJ: "The entire embarrassing episode has caused injury to the integrity of the profession of journalism and has cast practitioners in a negative light in the public's view."
The PAJ, at the same time, urged Hughes to "implement and adhere to strict internal measures to prevent a recurrence of these professional breaches".
The PAJ wrote to Hughes after reviewing audio recordings of the reportage on the alleged incident.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...NWIDE_NEWS.asp
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